 Eyk Pokorny in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 November 1969 Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–1999 | XXL Erdgas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eyk Pokorny (born 22 November 1969) is a German cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
Tandem, UCI Amateur World Championships (with Emanuel Raasch)
Sprint, UCI World Championships 
Omnium sprint, European Track Championships 
Sprint Team sprint (with Jan van Eijden and Sören Lausberg)
Team sprint, UCI World Championships Team sprint, UCI World Championships Team sprint (with Jan van Eijden and Jens Fiedler) Team sprint, UCI World Championships Team sprint (with Sören Lausberg and Jens Fiedler)
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